2009 UNU international course - optional course in global change and sustainability

Announcing the tenth regular session of the six-week UNU International Course at UNU Centre in Tokyo, Japan.

The UNU International Courses (UNU/IC) are organized annually for a select group of postgraduate students and professionals in various occupations (from multidisciplinary educational background including environmental sciences) who wish to pursue careers in international fields in public-service or private organizations, including the United Nations, multinational corporations and non-governmental organizations, as well as national foreign service organizations. The courses are designed to provide analyses of global issues from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

UNU/IC consists of a compulsory Core course (UN System: Pressing Issues and Sustainable Solutions) and optional Courses (Students are allowed to choose one or two courses from - Peace and Human Rights; Global Change and Sustainability; International Development and Cooperation). The courses are offered by international faculty and English will be used as instruction language.
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to find appropriate funding from potential sources. Limited numbers of fellowships (both full and partial) are also available to assist very few outstanding candidates from developing countries.

The second week of the core course will be focus on climate change problems, with an emphasis on GHG emissions, natural disasters - lack of early warning, desertification and threats to bio-diversity, scarcity of natural resources and security implications. The course will propose solutions on policies of mitigation and policies of adaptation.

The optional course 2 - global change and sustainability - will dedicate six lectures on climate related hazards, three lectures  on water management, and one each on urban risk, earthquakes and flooding.